Heart attacks are not all badAugust 23, 2004New research shows that heart attack survivors and their partners actually feel they benefited from the attack. Researchers from the University of Leeds will present these latest findings today, Wednesday 8 September, at the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, hosted by Queen Margaret University College and taking place at Pollock Halls in Edinburgh. They found that both survivors and their partners report positive lifestyle changes, better mood and more appreciation of life after the attack. Also, survivors who thought that they were responsible for their heart attack were more positive afterwards.
However, on the downside, survivors who believed that they were not responsible for their ill-health were more likely to experience stress after the event. Researcher Vivienne Turley stated that of the 38 heart attack patients who took part in the study "benefits were reported by 94% and by almost three-quarters of their partners". She feels that "the findings of the study will help inform therapeutic intervention with patients who find it more difficult to cope after a heart attack". British Psychological Society (BPS) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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